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District Judge Paula Xinis condemned the government’s lawyers for defying the court’s order, saying their “objection reflects a willful and bad faith refusal to comply.”

Unions representing first responders said the county’s refusal to grant raises landed with a particularly brutal thud among employees who expect to be rewarded for their work in the wildfires.

At the time, South Africa's refusal to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine was a source of frustration for Kyiv.

In a post to Truth Social, Trump took offense to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's "boasting" about a refusal to accept a deal that recognizes Crimea as a part of Russia.

“We have a pope who wants to serve.... This is a radical response. It is a refusal of power.”